Bottle carrier



, Dec. 3, 1929. M. P. WETMORE BOTTLE CARRIER Original Filed July 50, 1927 INVENTOR Alf/76f //e 070/ 9. W

ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 3, 1929 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE MINER P. WETMORE, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN THERMOS BOTTLE COMPANY, OF NORWICH, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF oHro Original application filed July 30, 1527, Serial No. 209,608. Divided and this application filed September 8, 1928. Serial No. 304,655.

This invention is for a bottle carrier particularly adapted for supporting doublewalled vacuum bottles in inclined position. In one embodiment of my invention, this carrier comprises a plurality of spaced cross bars connected by driving chains and having rollers arranged to engage supporting rails. Each cross bar carries one or more bottlesupporting members of novel construction.-

It is well known that double-walled bottles of the vacuum type are provided with tubular extensions at their base, and I utilize these extensions to hold the bottles firmly in position on the supporting members. In a preferred form of my invention, the bottle-supporting members consist of wire loops so shaped as to receive the bottles and engagethe tubular extensions thereof in such a way that the bottles cannot slip off the loops. These wire loops are inexpensive to make and easily attached to the cross bars by bending the ends of the loop around screws or bolts.

The novel features and practical advantages of my invention will be understood from a detailed description of the accompanying drawings which illustrate a bottle carrier as actually constructed and successfully operated. In these drawings- Fig. 1 shows a side elevation of a portion of the bottle carrier; and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary View in perspective to show more clearly the bottle-supporting loops.

The carrier is mounted on a pair of end supports 10, only one of which is shown, and

each support carries a shaft 12 on which two sprocket wheels 13 are mounted. The two pairs of sprocket wheels 13 carry a pa1r of endless chains 14 of any practical construction. In the drawings I have shown the chains of the usual link type, which are easily put together to the required length. The 1 wheels 13 are driven at the proper speed by any suitable connections, which it is not nee-- any practical way. In the present case, the

cross bars 15 consist of angle bars carrying each a pair of blocks 16 to which the driving chains are connected, as by bolts 17 or other fastening members. The blocks 16 also carry shaft extensions 18 on which rollers 19 are mounted. These rollers are arranged to travel over upper tracks 20 and lower tracks 21, which may simply consist of angle irons supported in parallel relation between the end frames 10.

The transverse bars 15 are spacedequidistantly and carry a plurality of bottle-supporting members which are so shaped as to receive the bottles and securely hold them in position as they travel from one end of the machine to the other. The bottle supports 21 are preferably shaped each from a single piece of wire, the ends of which are secured to thecross bars 15 byscrews or bolts 22. For this purpose, the ends of the wire loops may be bent around the screws or bolts, the heads of which clamp the loop ends to the bar. The bottles 23 held on the supports 21 are of the double-walled vacuum type, and are therefore provided at the base with a tubular. extension 24 through which the bottles are exhausted. These tubular extensions engage the tips 25 of the supports 21 and thereby prevent the bottles from falling off. It is only necessary to place the bottles properly on their supports and they are automatically retained in a secure position during their travel, which is in the direction indicated by the arrow at in Fig. 1.

Although I have shown and described a specific construction, I want it understood that my invention is not limited to the details set forth. Changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. I

This application is a division of my copending case, Serial Number 209,608, filed July 30, 1927, in which the carrier mechanism of this invention was fully disclosed and claimed. However, owing to an oflicial requirement of division, the present divisional application was necessary.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a carrier for double-walled vacuum said member having a portion adapted to engage said extension, whereby the bottle is supported on said member and held out of engagement with said support.

2. As a means for supporting. a double- -walled vacuum bottle having a tubular extension, a one-piece open frame shaped to receive a bottle and having a portion arranged to engage said extension, so that the bottle is securely held on said frame with the base of the bottle extending downward.

3. As a means for supporting a doublewalled vacuum bottle having a tubular extension, a one-piece Wire loop shaped to receive a bottle and having a tip arranged to engage said extension, so that the bottle is securely held on said loop.

4. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of spaced crossbars, driving means connected to said bars, and a plurality of bottle supports secured to said bars, said supports consisting each of a single piece of wire bent to form a pair of spaced sides between which a bottle is held in an inclined position with:

the base of the bottle extending downward.

5. A bottle carrier comprising a plurality of spaced cross bars, driving means connected to said bars, a plurality of members secured to said. bars for supporting each a doublewalled vacuum bottlehaving a tubular extension, each member having a pair of sides connected by a looped portion adapted to interlock with said extension and thereby hold the bottle in position.

6. In a carrier for double-walled vacuum bottles having each a tubular extension, a plurality of spaced cross bars connected together for movement, and members secured to said bars for supporting each a double-walled vacuum bottle, each member consisting of a one-piece wire loop shaped to receive the bottle and having a tip arranged to engage said extension, so that the bottleis securely held on the loop, the ends of each loop being coiled about a pair of fastening elements carried by the supporting bar.

7. In a bottle-conveying machine, the combination of a pair of upper rails and a pair of lower rails, an endless carrier movably supported on said rails, said carrier comprising a plurality of spaced cross bars having rollers secured to said bars for supporting double-walled vacuum bottles having each a tubular extension, said bottle, supports con-' sisting each of a one-piece open frameshaped to receive a bottle and having a port-ion ar ranged to enga c said extension and thereby securely hold t e bottle with the base thereof extending downward.

8. In a bottle-conveying machine, the com-- bination of a pair-of upper rails and a pair of lower rails, an endless carrier movably supported on said rails, said carrier comprising a plurality of spaced cross bars having rollers engaging said rails, a plurality of spaced bottle supports secured to said bars for supporting double-walled vacuum bottles hav- 

